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Fixes #2018, and continues #9748: Murtuza Zabuawala wrote the Statistics
node, and has since moved on, so this carries his work to completion with
his commits preserved and the review findings addressed on top.

What was wrong

The schema diff integration could not work at all. get_sql_from_diff()
read source_params, target_params and comp_status from its keyword
arguments, and the engine passes none of those, so every comparison
involving a statistics object fell through to subscripting None. It now
follows the contract directory_compare and compare actually use,
delegating to sql() and delete() so check_precondition binds the
connection to the side being generated, and honouring target_schema.

The properties query joined pg_statistic_ext_data unconditionally,
which only a superuser may read: not even pg_read_all_stats grants
access to it, so the node failed outright for anybody else. The values
ANALYZE collected are now selected only when has_table_privilege()
says we may, and the dialog hides the Computed Statistics group when we
may not. From PostgreSQL 15 that catalog holds one row per stxdinherit
variant, which listed inheritance parents twice, so the 15_plus bucket
prefers the non-inherited row and falls back to the inherited one that is
all a partitioned parent has.

DROP STATISTICS placed CASCADE before the object name, which is a
syntax error, so Drop (Cascade) could never have worked.

Definitions mixing columns and expressions lost their columns, because
the ON clause emitted one or the other: both the SQL tab and the
CREATE that schema diff generates described only part of the object.
The expression list is also no longer split on commas, which mangled
anything with an argument list such as coalesce(col1, col2) and made
the SQL preview disagree with what was executed; it goes to the server as
entered.

Smaller things in the same pass: the statistics target was silently
ignored on PG 14 and 15, whose update.sql had no SET STATISTICS; an
owner chosen at create time was ignored; the reverse engineered SQL
carried neither the owner nor a non-default statistics target; a name
omitted on PG 16+ left the tree without the new node; the dialog seeded
Schema from the node's own label, so creating from the collection
prefilled it with "Statistics"; the expressions were not visible in the
Properties view; the ANALYZE values and raw catalog columns took part
in schema diff comparison, reporting identical objects as different; and
request.form was mutated in place.

Tests

Everything that was broken now has coverage: the mixed definition round
trip and the modified SQL, an expression containing a comma, a nameless
create on PG 16+, cascade delete, the statistics target and the comment,
and a two-database schema diff test asserting that identical objects
compare as identical whatever ANALYZE recorded, that the generated SQL
describes columns and expressions alike, and that applying it settles
every difference. A Jest spec covers the dialog schema, including the
PG 16 name gating and the privilege-driven visibility.

Locally, against PostgreSQL 18: 23 statistics tests and 4 schema diff
tests pass, along with 6 Jest tests, pycodestyle and eslint.

Left out deliberately

Extended statistics are not registered in Search Objects, which needs an
entry in _all_node_types plus a branch in each search.sql, so it is
better as its own change than bolted onto this one.

Three redundant version buckets went: properties.sql was byte identical
in three of them, and create.sql and update.sql were duplicated in
one apiece.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added support for managing PostgreSQL 14+ extended statistics objects.
    • Create, view, edit, and delete statistics based on columns, expressions, and supported statistic types; generate SQL for these objects.
    • Configure ownership, comments, and statistics targets, and view collected statistics data when available.
    • Compare extended statistics in schema comparisons and generate SQL for differences, including changes to statistic definitions.
  • Documentation

    • Added a guide to the Statistics dialog and linked it from the database-object documentation.

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Walkthrough

Adds PostgreSQL extended-statistics support to pgAdmin. The change includes browser and API operations, version-specific SQL templates, a Statistics dialog, schema-diff handling, documentation, and automated tests. It also changes browser node option cache behavior.

Changes

PostgreSQL extended statistics

Layer / File(s) Summary
Statistics registration and catalog access
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/...
Registers the statistics schema module and adds queries for object discovery, properties, counts, and collected statistics data.
Browser node and Statistics dialog
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/static/js/..., web/regression/javascript/schema_ui_files/statistics.ui.spec.js
Adds the Statistics browser node and dialog fields, dependent table and column options, version-based name behavior, validation, and UI tests.
Statistics operations and SQL generation
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/__init__.py, web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/templates/...
Adds create, update, delete, and retrieval SQL for extended statistics. Templates cover PostgreSQL versions 14 and later.
Statistics API and generated SQL coverage
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/tests/...
Adds scenario data, database helpers, and tests for creation, retrieval, deletion, updates, and generated SQL.
Schema-diff handling and coverage
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/__init__.py, web/pgadmin/tools/schema_diff/tests/...
Compares statistics definitions, uses DROP and CREATE statements for definition changes, and tests comparison results and re-comparison.
Statistics module wiring
web/webpack.config.js, web/webpack.shim.js
Adds the Statistics module to SQL editor imports and webpack resolution.
Statistics dialog documentation
docs/en_US/managing_database_objects.rst, docs/en_US/statistics_dialog.rst
Documents the Statistics dialog and adds it to the database object management contents.

Browser option-cache behavior

Layer / File(s) Summary
Respect cache preference for node options
web/pgadmin/browser/static/js/node_ajax.js
When useCache is falsy, option retrieval skips the cache lookup and uses the in-flight request path.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant StatisticsDialog
  participant StatisticsBrowser
  participant PostgreSQL
  User->>StatisticsDialog: Enter a statistics definition
  StatisticsDialog->>StatisticsBrowser: Submit create or update request
  StatisticsBrowser->>PostgreSQL: Execute generated statistics SQL
  PostgreSQL-->>StatisticsBrowser: Return statistics metadata
  StatisticsBrowser-->>StatisticsDialog: Return object data
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web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/__init__.py (1)

464-502: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

stat_types and columns are not type-checked before len().

If a client sends stat_types as a string, len(data.get('stat_types', [])) is the string length, so the check at Line 495 passes and the template receives a value it cannot iterate as expected. The same applies to columns at Line 464 and Line 484. Validate that both values are lists before you measure them.

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-        has_columns = 'columns' in data and len(data.get('columns', [])) > 0
+        columns = data.get('columns') or []
+        stat_types = data.get('stat_types') or []
+        if not isinstance(columns, list) or not isinstance(stat_types, list):
+            return make_json_response(
+                status=400,
+                success=0,
+                errormsg=_(
+                    "Columns and statistics types must be lists."
+                )
+            )
+
+        has_columns = len(columns) > 0
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In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/__init__.py`
around lines 464 - 502, Validate that data['columns'] and data['stat_types'] are
lists before calling len() or passing them to later processing, and return the
existing 400 validation response for invalid types. Update the checks around
has_columns and the minimum-column/statistics-type validations while preserving
the current behavior for valid list inputs.
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/tests/utils.py (1)

93-133: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Close the connection in a finally block in every helper.

execute_statement (Lines 202-223) and create_statistics_with_expressions (Lines 290-330) close the connection in a finally block. The other helpers close it only on the success path, so a failing statement leaks a server connection for the rest of the run. A long negative-path suite can then exhaust max_connections.

Reuse execute_statement for the write helpers, and add finally: connection.close() to the read helpers.

Also applies to: 153-190, 345-364, 379-399, 415-436, 451-475

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In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/tests/utils.py`
around lines 93 - 133, Ensure every database helper closes its connection in a
finally block, including the affected read helpers and the helper shown here, so
cleanup also occurs when execution fails. Reuse execute_statement for write
helpers, and preserve the existing cleanup behavior in
create_statistics_with_expressions while applying the same pattern to the other
affected helpers.
web/regression/javascript/schema_ui_files/statistics.ui.spec.js (1)

37-47: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Await the view helpers.

Make each test callback async and await getCreateView, getEditView, and getPropertiesView. Unawaited calls can leave asynchronous act work pending after the test ends.

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In `@web/regression/javascript/schema_ui_files/statistics.ui.spec.js` around lines
37 - 47, Update the create, edit, and properties test callbacks to be async and
await their respective getCreateView, getEditView, and getPropertiesView helper
calls, ensuring all asynchronous view work completes before each test finishes.
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Inline comments:
In `@docs/en_US/statistics_dialog.rst`:
- Line 12: Update the PostgreSQL version statement in the extended statistics
documentation to reflect that CREATE STATISTICS requires PostgreSQL 10 or later;
mention PostgreSQL 14 only if the dialog’s product support intentionally imposes
that separate minimum.
- Around line 60-64: Update the statistics dialog documentation to describe
visibility using the current role’s access to pg_catalog.pg_statistic_ext_data:
show the Computed Statistics group when has_ext_data_access permits access, and
hide it otherwise, rather than limiting visibility to superusers.

In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/static/js/statistics.js`:
- Around line 103-109: Update getNodeAjaxOptions so useCache:false bypasses both
cache reads and cache writes, ensuring table#get_columns data is always fetched
for the current table when caching is disabled. Preserve existing cache behavior
when useCache is enabled and keep the statistics.js caller unchanged.

In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/static/js/statistics.ui.js`:
- Line 167: Update the validation associated with the noEmpty option so an empty
stat_types value is accepted for single-expression statistics, while remaining
required for multivariate statistics. Preserve the PostgreSQL-compatible
template behavior and add test coverage for the empty-stat_types univariate
expression path.

In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/templates/statistics/sql/16_plus/create.sql`:
- Around line 16-20: Validate statt​​arget in the create endpoint before calling
execute_scalar so only integer values reach the SQL templates;
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/templates/statistics/sql/16_plus/create.sql
lines 16-20 requires no direct change because endpoint validation protects its
interpolation. In
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/templates/statistics/sql/default/update.sql
lines 20-25 and
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/templates/statistics/sql/17_plus/update.sql
lines 20-25, handle the string DEFAULT before numeric conversion so the
PostgreSQL 17+ DEFAULT branch remains reachable.

In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/templates/statistics/sql/default/create.sql`:
- Around line 15-18: Update the ALTER STATISTICS template to validate that
data.stattarget is an integer and render it using integer conversion before
inserting it into the SET STATISTICS clause, while preserving the existing
defined, non-null, and non-negative-sentinel checks.

In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/tests/test_statistics_delete.py`:
- Around line 164-166: Update tearDown in test_statistics_delete.py lines
164-166, test_statistics_delete_multiple.py lines 123-125,
test_statistics_get.py lines 155-157, and test_statistics_put.py lines 124-126
to call statistics_utils.drop_table_for_statistics with the existing server,
database, schema, and table attributes before
database_utils.disconnect_database.

In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/tests/test_statistics_get.py`:
- Around line 135-149: Update the request setup in the test around
statistics_utils.api_get so get_call is not executed before the mocking_required
branch. Lazily invoke the appropriate list or detail API call within the active
patch when mocking is required, and otherwise invoke it once in the non-mocked
path, ensuring no request is issued twice.

In `@web/pgadmin/tools/schema_diff/tests/test_schema_diff_statistics.py`:
- Around line 251-261: Update tearDown to close each connection opened by
utils.get_db_connection after utils.drop_database completes, following the
existing connection-cleanup pattern used by execute_sql. Keep the per-database
cleanup loop and ensure cleanup occurs for every connection.

---

Nitpick comments:
In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/__init__.py`:
- Around line 464-502: Validate that data['columns'] and data['stat_types'] are
lists before calling len() or passing them to later processing, and return the
existing 400 validation response for invalid types. Update the checks around
has_columns and the minimum-column/statistics-type validations while preserving
the current behavior for valid list inputs.

In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/tests/utils.py`:
- Around line 93-133: Ensure every database helper closes its connection in a
finally block, including the affected read helpers and the helper shown here, so
cleanup also occurs when execution fails. Reuse execute_statement for write
helpers, and preserve the existing cleanup behavior in
create_statistics_with_expressions while applying the same pattern to the other
affected helpers.

In `@web/regression/javascript/schema_ui_files/statistics.ui.spec.js`:
- Around line 37-47: Update the create, edit, and properties test callbacks to
be async and await their respective getCreateView, getEditView, and
getPropertiesView helper calls, ensuring all asynchronous view work completes
before each test finishes.
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- getNodeAjaxOptions: bypass the cache read (not just the write) when
  useCache:false is passed, so the Statistics dialog's column list can't
  come back stale from another table's cached entry.
- Validate stattarget server-side on create as well as update, rejecting
  non-integer values before they reach the create/update SQL templates;
  render it through Jinja's |int filter in all four templates as
  defense in depth. 'DEFAULT' is left untouched so the PostgreSQL 17+
  reset-to-default branch stays reachable.
- Allow an empty stat_types selection for the expression-only form:
  PostgreSQL's univariate expression statistics (a single expression,
  no columns) don't accept a statistics-kind clause at all, so the
  "at least one type" rule now only applies when columns are involved.
  Added a positive test case and JS spec coverage for this path.
- test_statistics_get.py: build the mocked API call lazily so it isn't
  fired twice (once unpatched, once patched) when mocking is required.
- Close the setUp/tearDown leaks: four statistics test cases now drop
  their scratch table in tearDown like test_statistics_add.py already
  did, and the schema-diff statistics test closes each database
  connection it opens.
- Docs: correct the PostgreSQL version statement (CREATE STATISTICS is
  PG 10+; this dialog targets PG 14+ where expression statistics were
  added) and describe computed-statistics visibility by privilege
  rather than by superuser status, matching has_ext_data_access.
dpage added a commit to dpage/pgadmin4 that referenced this pull request Sep 23, 2026
- getNodeAjaxOptions: bypass the cache read (not just the write) when
  useCache:false is passed, so the Statistics dialog's column list can't
  come back stale from another table's cached entry.
- Validate stattarget server-side on create as well as update, rejecting
  non-integer values before they reach the create/update SQL templates;
  render it through Jinja's |int filter in all four templates as
  defense in depth. 'DEFAULT' is left untouched so the PostgreSQL 17+
  reset-to-default branch stays reachable.
- Allow an empty stat_types selection for the expression-only form:
  PostgreSQL's univariate expression statistics (a single expression,
  no columns) don't accept a statistics-kind clause at all, so the
  "at least one type" rule now only applies when columns are involved.
  Added a positive test case and JS spec coverage for this path.
- test_statistics_get.py: build the mocked API call lazily so it isn't
  fired twice (once unpatched, once patched) when mocking is required.
- Close the setUp/tearDown leaks: four statistics test cases now drop
  their scratch table in tearDown like test_statistics_add.py already
  did, and the schema-diff statistics test closes each database
  connection it opens.
- Docs: correct the PostgreSQL version statement (CREATE STATISTICS is
  PG 10+; this dialog targets PG 14+ where expression statistics were
  added) and describe computed-statistics visibility by privilege
  rather than by superuser status, matching has_ext_data_access.
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The three nitpicks from the first CodeRabbit review (list type checks on columns and stat_types in create(), closing connections in finally in the test helpers, and awaiting the view helpers in the Jest spec) are addressed in 46c40e3, with the branch rebased onto current master.

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Inline comments:
In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/__init__.py`:
- Around line 520-525: In create(), validate data with _validate_stattarget
before rendering _CREATE_SQL, and return the validation error response when
validation fails. Ensure a non-integer stattarget is rejected rather than
rendered into the create SQL.
- Around line 644-647: Copy form data into a mutable dictionary before passing
it to get_SQL, which may mutate it during _validate_stattarget; preserve the
existing JSON parsing path.

In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/static/js/statistics.ui.js`:
- Line 70: Update the statistics name validation associated with noEmpty so
existing objects, identified by state.oid, reject an empty state.name and report
“Name must be specified.” Preserve optional-name behavior for objects without an
OID.

In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/templates/statistics/sql/default/create.sql`:
- Around line 15-18: Exclude the 'DEFAULT' value from the STATISTICS target
guards in default/create.sql (lines 15-18) and 16_plus/create.sql (lines 16-19).
In default/update.sql (lines 21-23), map 'DEFAULT' to -1 when generating SET
STATISTICS, while retaining integer conversion for other values.

In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/tests/test_statistics_get.py`:
- Around line 49-64: Update the version gate in the statistics test setup so it
always checks the connected server version rather than relying on optional keys
in self.data. Skip the Statistics endpoint tests when the version is below
PostgreSQL 14, using the same version-check behavior as the sibling statistics
tests.

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mzabuawala and others added 6 commits September 24, 2026 14:03
Follow-up work on Murtuza Zabuawala's Extended Statistics node, who has
moved on, so the remaining review findings are addressed here.

The schema diff integration could not work at all: get_sql_from_diff()
read source_params, target_params and comp_status from its keyword
arguments, none of which the schema diff engine passes, so every
comparison involving a statistics object fell through to a subscript of
None. It now follows the contract the engine actually uses, delegating to
sql() and delete() so that check_precondition binds the connection to the
side being generated, and honouring target_schema.

The properties query joined pg_statistic_ext_data unconditionally, which
only a superuser may read: not even pg_read_all_stats grants access, so
the node failed outright for everybody else. The values ANALYZE collected
are now selected only when has_table_privilege() says we may, and the
dialog hides the Computed Statistics group when we may not. From
PostgreSQL 15 that catalog holds a row per stxdinherit variant, which
listed inheritance parents twice, so 15_plus takes the non-inherited row
in preference to the inherited one a partitioned parent has.

DROP STATISTICS took its CASCADE before the object name, which is a
syntax error, so Drop (Cascade) could never have worked.

Definitions mixing columns and expressions lost their columns, because
the ON clause emitted one or the other: the SQL tab, and the CREATE
schema diff generates, described only part of the object. The expression
list is also no longer split on commas, which mangled anything with an
argument list such as coalesce(col1, col2) and made the SQL preview
disagree with what was executed; it is passed to the server as entered.

Also: the statistics target is no longer silently ignored on PG 14 and
15, where the default template had no SET STATISTICS; an owner chosen at
create time is applied rather than ignored; the reverse engineered SQL
carries the owner and a non-default statistics target; a name omitted on
PG 16+ no longer leaves the tree without the new node; the dialog seeds
the schema from the tree rather than from the node's own label, defaults
the owner, and requires a name only below PG 16; the expressions are
visible in the Properties view; the ANALYZE values and the raw catalog
columns are excluded from schema diff comparison, which otherwise
reported identical objects as different; and request.form is copied
before keys are added to it.

Tests cover what was broken: the mixed definition round trip and the
modified SQL, a comma bearing expression, a nameless create on PG 16+,
cascade delete, the statistics target and the comment, and a schema diff
test over two databases asserting that identical objects compare as
identical whatever ANALYZE recorded, that the generated SQL describes
columns and expressions alike, and that applying it settles every
difference. A Jest spec covers the dialog schema.

Redundant version buckets are removed: properties.sql was identical in
three, and create.sql and update.sql duplicated in one apiece.
- getNodeAjaxOptions: bypass the cache read (not just the write) when
  useCache:false is passed, so the Statistics dialog's column list can't
  come back stale from another table's cached entry.
- Validate stattarget server-side on create as well as update, rejecting
  non-integer values before they reach the create/update SQL templates;
  render it through Jinja's |int filter in all four templates as
  defense in depth. 'DEFAULT' is left untouched so the PostgreSQL 17+
  reset-to-default branch stays reachable.
- Allow an empty stat_types selection for the expression-only form:
  PostgreSQL's univariate expression statistics (a single expression,
  no columns) don't accept a statistics-kind clause at all, so the
  "at least one type" rule now only applies when columns are involved.
  Added a positive test case and JS spec coverage for this path.
- test_statistics_get.py: build the mocked API call lazily so it isn't
  fired twice (once unpatched, once patched) when mocking is required.
- Close the setUp/tearDown leaks: four statistics test cases now drop
  their scratch table in tearDown like test_statistics_add.py already
  did, and the schema-diff statistics test closes each database
  connection it opens.
- Docs: correct the PostgreSQL version statement (CREATE STATISTICS is
  PG 10+; this dialog targets PG 14+ where expression statistics were
  added) and describe computed-statistics visibility by privilege
  rather than by superuser status, matching has_ext_data_access.
- Reject columns or stat_types that are not lists when creating a
  statistics object, since a string would pass the len() checks by
  character count and then reach templates that iterate over it; a test
  case covers the new 400 response.
- Close the connection in a finally block in every test helper that
  opens one, so a failing statement no longer leaks it for the rest of
  the run.
- Await the view helpers in the dialog's Jest spec, as the other schema
  UI specs do.
Validate the statistics target in create() as well as in the SQL
preview, so a non-integer value is rejected rather than rendered as
SET STATISTICS 0. Copy request.form in update(), since get_SQL()
normalises the target in place. Treat 'DEFAULT' as the default target
in the create templates and, before PostgreSQL 17, render it as -1
rather than 0. Require a name when editing an existing object, and
always apply the PostgreSQL 14 gate in the GET tests.
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Inline comments:
In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/__init__.py`:
- Around line 666-677: Update the statistics node lookup so it still finds the
node after an edit changes its schema: make the namespace filter in the nodes
SQL conditional, select the node’s namespace as schemaoid, and look up the
updated node by stid without passing the old scid. In the handler, pass
row['schemaoid'] to generate_browser_node as the parent ID so the browser tree
places the node under its new schema.
- Around line 987-991: In the statistics schema-diff branch around get_SQL,
detect changes to columns, expression_list, stat_types, or table and emit a DROP
for the target object followed by a CREATE built from the source definition;
keep get_SQL for changes handled by update.sql. Add a schema-diff fixture where
stat_types differs.
- Around line 171-174: Update the statistics comparison using keys_to_ignore so
schema-name differences are ignored, but retain old_data['schema'] for update
generation; adjust the key-removal loop accordingly so changes to other
properties still produce updates using the source schema.

In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/static/js/statistics.ui.js`:
- Around line 103-110: Update the table lookup used by getTables so it targets
the selected schema’s scid, or update the endpoint to resolve and apply the
schema query parameter; ensure changing state.schema loads tables from that
schema rather than the fixed tree schema.

In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/statistics/templates/statistics/sql/default/properties.sql`:
- Line 23: Update the expression_list query in default/properties.sql at 23-23
and 15_plus/properties.sql at 23-23 to use pg_get_statisticsobjdef_expressions,
wrap each returned expression in parentheses, and aggregate them in their
original order with comma-space separators.

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- Return the node under its new schema after a SET SCHEMA, rather
  than a 410.
- Drop and recreate in schema diff when the definition differs, as
  PostgreSQL cannot alter it, and ignore the schema name when
  comparing.
- Parenthesise each expression, so casts and CASE expressions give
  valid CREATE STATISTICS.
- List tables from the schema selected in the dialog.

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